Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-05


In these sections protection is rapidly weakening.
Minnesota will have three reform democrats in
the next Congress. In fact, the main hope, and,
perhaps the only reasonable hope OF an In
crease OF national democratic strength, outside
or gains among the mugwumpS by judicfous
catering TO that element in the matter OF candi-
dates, lies In capturing the northwest the tariff
issue. Such being the case the suicidal folly OF
contemptuously ignoring the claims 20 admission
rs state OF such populous, wealthy. intelligent
And faSt-grOwing territory as Dakota becomes
clear. half million of people, rapidly increasing
In number, resent this treatment; and coming to
look upon the democrats as their natural enemies,
who, on the plea OF q possible party advantage in
the Senate have long trampled upon their rights,
they will restrain with tolerable effective
ness any natural revenue reform tendencies
which might drive them towards the
democratic camp. And the case OF Dakota is be-
coming concern OF the whole northwest, both
states and territories. To the refusal TO admit
Dakota are added the failure to cOncede the re-
Quested opening OF part OF the Sioux reservation,
the threatened eviction without compensation OF
the deluded settlers upon the Crow Creek and
Winnebago reservations. and the disastrous
Sparks policy Of unsettling titles lowering values
and damaging individual settlers by absurd
technicalities, under cover OF a prolonged
howl about nonopolieS, land-grabbers,
land frauds and land thieves. There are
land monOpolies and land frauds and for what has
been done or attempted to break them down credit
Is given, but every northwestern settler is not
primo facis a land thief who may be equitably
Juggled out of his land by the Government on any
change in the accepted construction OF the land
laws which hostile ingenuity can invent The ac-
tiOn Of the President in the Guilford NSsier case
Will do something TO relieve the western settlers
mind OF the idea OF democratic prejudice. But
there has prevailed a fixed and widespread i'm
preston among them that the wholesale
condemnation OF the settlers OF the northwest and
the dragS which have been put upon the growth OF
that section spring from The deliberate democratic
purpose TO cripple the northwest and divert immf-
grafton from it as far as possible 10 the south
radical revision OF policy will be necessary If the
democratic party intends 10 realize Mr.. CarIisIes
reasonable hope Of recruiting in the new north
west.
Kentucky sets the ball OF summer politics roll
Ing with the nomination OF Gen. Buckner for gov
ernor, an incident long discounted as certain
Less interest, therefore, attaches TO the candidate
than 20 the platform on which he stands This
platform applauds the President for his clean and
economical administration, but does not, like the
resolution first sprung upon the convention and
ruled out Of order, "tender to him its cordial assur
ance OF unfaltering confidence and support What
II says OF his civl-servtce policy IS perhaps its
most significant feature. ITO the maintenance of
the spirit OF our representative form OF govern
ment we demand the stricteSt measure OF personal
and party responsibility" means, If ft means any.
thing, that The democratic party, when in power
VIII be held 10 account for the way the Govern
nieRt Is run, with the inevitable inference that the
party, and not an assorted lot of civil servants
from both parties, ought to run it. The men of
the Kentucky democracy, it may safely be said
Are not In favor or civ1l-Seryce reform that term
Is understood In communities further north. And
yet the records on file at the Civil-Service Com
missions rooms In this city show that the women
OF Kentucky stand in the front rank OF candidates
as regards the averages attained on the competi
tive EXAMINATIONS. Is there any subtle connection
between these facts? Are Kentucky men afraid
of system under which the women of their own
state, with all the natural disadvantages of a
weaker sex 10 struggle against, threaten TO out
strip them In the honors OF Office holding? This is
hardly tn keeping with Kentucky gallantry.
llhr. Jacob Sharp has fai- prospect OF getting
his bribery tr1al postponed after all Ex-secre.
taTy Kerr of his Broadway railroad who would
have bern an important witness, has been thrown
from buggy and seriously Injured. History moves
IN cycles. It may be remembered that q runaway
horse and overturned cutter resulted in the death
OF one OF William VI. Tweed'S associates who did
all the doctming of accounts on the New Yor,
courthouse job, ana caused a delay in the pro-
ceefiings against the boss or the great Tammapy
ring. The Incident furnished Mast with q s,lbfecr
for one Of his cleyerest cartoons, In which Tweed
Is pictured with a bent head and corrugated brow
trying 10 straighten out hisnat hematician's COM
plieated figures, and exclaiming: why did Wat
son go sleigh riding
The burglars who operated 80 successfully T.,
East Washington few months ago seem I'd have
Set up business ID Detroit While here they dis
unguiShed themselves by Stripping the lower
stories OF dwelling OF furniture and domestic
utensils, without disturbing The SAUNDERS of the
family up stairs. In Detroit they entered a house
on Tuesday night and stole al the family wearing
apparel, and even the clothing from the beds in
which they lay asleep. This is almost too much
OF even clever thing. Jnder the reign OF sucn a
predatory gang there Is no posture security for
the halr on the head OF u man whose digestion and
conscience allow him a sound nights rest
Those who wish 10 xii and not perfect the inter
STATE commerce law have discovered that the law
viii send the Western trade over Canadian roads
and rum our handicapped railroads; and also that
the law Is preventing and viii prevent dealings
With Canada, and that the. Canadian trade Will ba
lost Ever! thing j. u crtSs To Canada TO the de-
struetion OF orr railroads. and nothing IS 10 cross
10 Canada, 20 the destruction OF our trade
The bin repeating the constitutional prohibition
OF second terra for the president OF Mexico has
passed both branches OF the national legislature
and now goes 10 the state legislatures for ratfea
Hon. President Dlaz has been reported I'm the news
papers as declaring that he does not wish a second
term out as the bill introduced for his benefit has
been pushed until to Is certain OF attention n
may be presumed that he has been persuaded IN
sacrifice himself for the benent OF his parfy or n,
something or somebody else
England believes that Russia is behind thu rehe,
Ghihais, who have been defeating the arneer,s
troops in Aghanistan, and as Cabul Itself IL now
In danger and the control Of the passes into Indi,
Il threatened, the time for Engiisn Interference
seems 70 be at hand. IL may be expected thar ths
leading foreign correspondence win soon be dated
II not written, at Cabul, and that the papers viii
soon begin 10 delude the public with war maps OF
Algnanistan and the passes into India
Ex-senator Camden has shown a very strons
sense OF the necessity OF harmony withla his oalr
party To the West Virginia legislature II Is,fs
have cost him some self-sacrihce TO WIN
draw from the race at the moment when victor,
seemed within his grasp. The prospect Is prett,
lair, undert circumstances, that senator Luea,
viii not only take his seat In December but thai
be viii hold IL for a while without opposition.
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Races, Circus, baseball, two operas an cas-
wind, weather bureau warnings, and no rain
Have the persistent showers OF the last few
months LEFT the Washington atmosphere as dry a.
q sucked Granger